Neckscarf



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W. A. LAVERTY.

NEUKSOARF.

No. 251,607. Patented Dec. 27,1881.-

N PETERS. Phawmho ra nv, Washinglun. D. C.

UNITED STATES V PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. LAVERTY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKSCARF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,607, dated December 27, 1881, Application filed October I 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WiLLIAM A. LAVERTY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain 5 Improvements in Neekscarfs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a neckscarf which will possess the proper rigidity at the center, but in which the upper and outer edges of the crossed aprons will be free to accommodate themselves to the person of the wearer, so as to permit a snug fit of the scarf. This object I attain in the manner which I will now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l-is a rear view of my improved neckscart'; Fig. 2, a detached View of part of the same, with portions removed to showits structore; and Fig. 3, a sectional plan view of Fig. 2 on a larger scale.

The body of the scarf comprises the usual center piece, A, and crossed flaps or aprons B D, and is constructed as usual, my invention having no relation to this portion of this scarf, 2 5 but being restricted to the construction of the portion E,.Which, as shown in Fig. 1, extends completely across the upper end of the scarf, and, as shown in Fig. 2, is composed of three partsnamely, the pasteboard stifi'ener a, the lining b, of canton-flannel or like material, and the covering d, usually of silk or satin.

The stiffener a occupies a central position and is contracted in width, so that the portion E of the scarf presents a central stiffened portion or shield, 00, and two wings, y y, formed by the lining b and covering d, these wings projecting laterally beyond the opposite edges of the stifl'ener, and being flexible, so as to accommodate themselves to the shape of the neck and lie snugly beneath the vest.

In addition to securing the covering fabric (1 to the scarf around the edge of the same, I prefer to secure it to the lining b by lines of stitches 'm m, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

scarf at its upper edge and ends, with the exception of the space from a to a, Fig.1, which is unsecured, so as to form an opening for the admission of the free end of the neckband F, the opposite end of the latter being secured to the scarf at p, and the free end of the band being retained, after insertion, by a. pin, w, projecting from the lower edge of the stiffener a.

It will be seen that in my improved scarf the central portion is kept in shape and prevented from wrinkling by the central stiffened portion or shield, a, while the portions of the scarf to which the neckband is attached, when the scarf is on the neck, are free to bend to accommodate themselves to the curve of the neckband, thus insuring a snug fit and a neat appearance of the scarf.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a neckscarf with a shield extending entirely across the scarf and stiffened throughout, and that it is also old to make a scarf with stifiened wings and without any stiffening in the center; but both of these constructions are essentially different from that which I adopt, and are not capable'of attaining the objects of my invention.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the central stiffener, a, forming the shield, with alining, b, and coverjng d, projecting beyond the edges of said stiffener, so as to form flexible wings y 3 as set forth.

2. The combination of the center piece, crossed aprons, and neckband of a flat scarf, with a central shield, 00, having a retainingpin, w, and with laterally-projecting wings y 3 one of which serves as a pocket for the free end of the neckband, as set forth.

In testimony whereof [have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. A. LAVERTY.

Witnesses HARRY DRURY, HARRY SMITH. 

